This well worn little fella followed me home. 1981 vintage, .22LR goodness. 100 rounds through it so far at the range. Smooth and accurate despite the patina. Very happy to have this in my collection.



Todd

Nice! i've been wanting to try a single action .22

Great guns. Did it come with both cylinders?

Negative. Just the .22LR one.

Nice addition to the collection. My dad has a Single Six Convertible that he inherited from my grandpa and it’s a sweet little pistol. Hope it serves you well.

Fun to make tin cans dance with that cool Ruger.

They're a lot of fun, and way more accurate than they get credit for. We've had several here over the years, lost one to a druggie break-in, but the others are still around. Great guns for teaching new-shooters, and refining the basics with older ones too.

Your's looks a bit like our long lost 3-screw...about in the same condition, but every bit as accurate as the day it left the factory. I always like the signs of wear, holster etc., that adorn a well-used handgun...it speaks volumes if you listen, while cleaning it seated around a campfire. Where's it been...what's it seen. How many kids, wives, and grammas have enjoyed kicking some tin cans down the slope with its 40 grain pills...

Recently I picked up a 5.5" bbl'd model in .32 H&R that'a a tack driver like its .22LR cousins. For a trail/camp gun, either caliber is hard to beat...in your case, I doubt you'll ever miss the .22 Magnum cylinder. We've had a cpl that were convertibles, but rarely if ever used the Magnums...more expense, little add'l smack for coons, crows, woodchucks etc., here on our farm. For the chucks, you really need a .32 or .357 to be sure of quick clean kills.

Hope these meanderings suit you. Rod

A Ruger Single Six old model with both cylinders was my first gun purchase. That was over 60 years and 100 or so guns ago. I still have it in the original box. Somewhere along the line, I lost the little red bag with the yellow drawstring for the second cylinder but in a perfect example of "you can get anything on the internet", there is a guy making perfect replacements. Unbelievable !

They're great for plinking or woods carry. Not target guns, but I've killed a good bit of small game at reasonable ranges with them over the years.

Good deal, a lot of folks over on the Ruger forum.com really like the Single Six... I've got one and was not overly impressed for the simple reason too hard to load.... putting those indibidy bullets in that little hole one at a time. Just me I guess, I like my Mark III a lot better.

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
I've got one and was not overly impressed for the simple reason too hard to load.... putting those indibidy bullets in that little hole one at a time. Just me I guess, I like my Mark III a lot better.

That's a good point. Another reason why I like them for a hunting gun, but not extended range sessions.

I stopped in at a Gun shop just a few years back and he had a mint old model 4/5.8 barrel 3 screw with the ex cyl , in red bag for for like 329 . I jumped right on it . I did not get the box .,

They ARE nice. I had the base model briefly, swapped it for the Target model so I could mount a red dot.

My favorite target for it is clay pigeons standing on edge against a bank. Get back 15 or 20 yards, steady my forearms over the bed of the truck and smoke 'em all day.

Those are great little guns...and built like tanks. I'd take a well-used Ruger like yours over a brand new Heritage any day of the week. There's just something about the heft and build quality of the Ruger that speaks to me. I've eradicated more varmints with my single-six than any other gun I own. It's a fun plinker, too.

I spent many thousands of rounds with the boys shooting the Single Six and various other Rugers (bearcat, etc) as they were growing up.

The bearcat was good for a few cylinders before rounds wouldn't hardly slide in or extract, and a LOT of misfires due to light primer indentations. Turn the round a little, try again, almost always went off.

The single six made more sense when transitioning to another single action revolver; not many shoot them outside of the cowboy action guys, and those of us who have always shot them.

I still have my single six. One of the boys will get it, one day.

Here's mine.

I saw a beautiful 10 round one at LGS recently...I had to drag myself away from it...